Combination peach pitter



May 17, 1927. 1,629,131

- A. V. SULLIVAN COMBINATION PEACH PITTER Filed Aug. 5, 1926 PatentedMay 17, 1927i Tfunir ls v :sr

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Application fileaiAu u ea eae. sesame. 127,212. r

lhisinvention relates to -a combination peach pitter and is moreparticularly related to acombination" cutting knife and pitting spoonfor the halving andpitting of cling- 5 stone peaches and like fruit. I

In the, preparation of peaches for canning ,,0r drying; thelpeachhalvedandfpittedand the'removal.of thegpit of a lclingstone apeach' is asomewhat difiicultigtaski Many, have 'sought to provide means ivhe'rebythis'halv vine and, r ttinewpere o ma e? be r erni e ee allyz eda sts ian' a tomatic or semiautom atic manner, 'Io date ne 'a eee meme cause of60011011110 reasons and cond tion of the gproduct;replaced or displacedthe manual halving and pitting of the fruit; using a cutting knife and'a' pitting spoon. p y o It has heretofore been'j the Q practice 1 inpit- 20.'tin fruitartioularl ittinmclin 'stone a P a i y P a: a

peachesy for the operator to first halve the fruit and then a separateioperation. or another operator to remove the pit from' 'the' halvedfruit, emplo ing a pitting spoon hava curved bowh Inisoirie instances,the pit has been removed before the'fruit is v halved. j However, wvherethe fruit is pre pared forthe' purpose of canning, it has been foundthatit is advisable tofirst halve the peach in order to provide an exit forthe pit after the same has-been cut from the flesh. During the processof halving and pitting the fruit, it has heretofore been the practice toemploy a cutting knife and a separate pitting spoon so that the operatoreither'had to lay the cutting knife down and pick up a pitting spoon,:resulting in a loss of time or employing a series of operations. Theoperator then had to lay down the halved fruit,

40 after cutting the same, and a second operator picked up the fruit andremoved the pit With a pitting spoon, likewise resulting in loss oftime. In accordancewith this inven- 1 3 tion, one operator is enabled tohalve and pit the fruit Without laying down either the halving andpitting tool or the fruit, resulting in a great saving of time.

I have discovered that Where a combination spoon is constructed sothatthe blade of the knife lies substantially in the plane of the bowl ofthe pitting spoon, that the oper- V ator may in one'cycle of o erationhalve the 7 fruit so that the cleavage ormed in the flesh of the fruitwill be so presented to the put- 5 ting spoon which. is'secured to thecutting knife 'ithat the pitting 1 spoon vvill ipass edi 'rectlyintof'the cleavage'of the'fru'it'"vvitl1f{a v slight turn 'of the Wrist,in order' tofinse'rt the budendlofthe fruit so that h -P t be r r d fr il e e h- .1 t :obj e'fc t o f th s invention is therefore to grr v diamu il ti n p ach i icea av n r spoon secured to a shank 'a blade secured wthe 1 sliajnk in "such a that the'cuttingedge'of"the'.;loladelies substantially'i'n the plane or 'the' bo oftlie'sp'oon jand extends longitudinally 'do'vvnward along t h j'safidshank n An her? Vide" a""comb'1nation "peach "pitter having a spoon anda knife, the cuttin edge of Which knifelies in the plane of tile bowl'ofthe spoon, and whichknife is secured to, the shank'of the spoon by meansof a rim Which protects the knife from the hand of the operator.

Other objects and advantages of this infvention Will be apparent fromthe following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which drawings": I Figure 1is aside elevation of the combination peach pitter embodying this invention. v a 1 Figure 2 is anedge elevation looking fromleft to right inFigure 1. I

. Figure 3 is atop plan View thereof.

In the preferred embodiment of this invention, illustrated in theaccompanying, drawings, 1 comprises a spoonv having a curved bowl 2secured to or'formed integral with a shank 3. "A handle 4 is providedfor the shank 3. V

The spoon l may be of any desired or preferred construction as is Wellunderstood v i in the art and is preferably curved to ape.

proximate the curvatureof'the pitted fruit and is provided at itsiopposite sides with Cutting edges 6 which terminate in a point 7.

, Seonred to the sha'nk 3, preferably at a pointenear, the bowl 2 andabove the handle" L, .isrQa rim '85Wl1lCll extends upwardly from theshank 3 and is then extended down- Wardly for a portion ofits length toprovide aback 9 forthe blade 10. The rim 8 islat its lower end curvedoutwardly from the handl'e4so as to provide a curved edge to "preventthe operators hand from contacting thefsharp cUttingedg'ell of theblade-10.

Q Thecntting edgell liessnbstantially in l-the" plane of the-i'ace' ofthe bowl 2'so that as ;the cut oreleavageis formed in the fruit,

the bowl ,Q will be ini'position' inthe plane ofsizch cleavage sothat'on continued rota tion, thereof, the ,samewill bein position toflesh of the'fruit ai onnd'the pit. a It will therefore be obvions thatthe halv- Qingjand pitting operations of the fruit is accomplishedby'rotation or movement of the fruit and the combination pitting memherin one, plane vithout"necessitating the putting down of the fruit ortool and that during the relative rotation of the fruit and the toolthat the Whole tool Willbe presented into the line vt cleavage or butformed in the fie sh'of the fruit so that the same may be thrust downand operated to sever the pit from the flesh thereof.

Having fully described a preferred embodiment ofiny invention; it is tobe understoodthat I do not Wish to be limited to the exact detailsherein set forth Whiohmay obviously be varied Withont departing from thespirit of my invention asset'forth in. the appended claims I I claim: V

1; Ina' 'peach p itter; the combination of a spoon'having a shank andhalving blade sei I gcngred to, the said shank and having its onttingedge lying substantially in the plane of V 'the spoon 2. In a peachpitter; the oolnbination otf a spoonlhaving a curved bowl, a shank, ahalv ing bladef'seoured to; the said shank at a pointnear the :saidbovvland extending longitndlnally'downward along the said shank tially in theplaneofthe said'bowl. I

In a peaohpitter, the combination of a spoon'having'a curved bowl; a,shanlg-a rim secured to the said shank and extending" outardly anddov'vnvvardlyth'erefrom, a halve and having a cutting edge lyingslibsta'n i ing blade secnre d to the said rim and having a cutting edgelying substantially the plane of thesaid bowl.

"Signed at'San Fra-ncisoo, Cal.',this 27th day of July, 1926f "ALBERTv.- SULLIVAN;

